Unit Three

This page is set up for Common Core State Standards six-week Unit Three, "Clues to a Culture." The essential question is "How does literature provide insight into a culture?"



Great videos for Introduction to the Unit/What is culture?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT0kzF4A-WQ&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpPq_V4NOnc&safe=active

American Culture
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/american_culture.htm

Teaching a Native American American Theme
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/teaching/reading.htm

National American Indian Month
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/november-national-american-indian-20618.html

Culture Clues Expedition
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/familyx/08/cultureclues.html

Life of a Navajo Weaver
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-3-4/Life_of_Navajo_Weaver.aspx

Countries and Their Cultures
http://www.everyculture.com/multi/index.html

Native American Culture
http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/Cultures-and-Traditions/Native-American/Shelters
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/crafts/native_american_crafts.htm
http://www.nanations.com/indian_tribes_nations.htm
http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslmlm/chiefjoseph.html
http://thewildwest.org/
http://www.native-languages.org/languages.htm


Imagery
http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/imagery.htm

Personification
http://www.imschools.org/cms/Units/Poetry/personif.htm
http://www.life123.com/parenting/education/children-reading/personification-examples.shtml
http://www.ehow.com/list_7734876_personification-activities-elementary-students.html

Literature Resources
http://www.dream-catchers.org/
http://www.firstpeople.us/html/You_Are_Part_Of_Me.html
http://www.shadowwolf.org/prayers.html

Trickster Tales
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/trickster+tale
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.cox.net%2Facademia%2Fcoyote.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGlm1gvihvmFdLX0icGfsvANiAaPg
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/fables-and-trickster-tales-around-world
http://www.takomapark.info/library/children/archives/000340.html

Pioneers and Indians
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/amer3.htm

Immigration
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/
http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcssimmigration.html
http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/virtual.html

Immigration
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/citizenship/citizenship.html
http://www.congressforkids.net/citizenship_1_whatdoesittake.htm
http://www.immihelp.com/citizenship/naturalization-oath-ceremony.html

Indian Tribe Research Format


Indian Research Matrix


Indian Powerpoint Examples




Trickster Tales


You Wouldn't Want to be an American Pioneer



Compare/Contrast Words



Culminating Hall Activity (each strip represents symbols of Indian or Pioneer culture)








Word Study





Indiana and Pioneer Compare and Contrast





Hall Display- "Thirteen Moons on a Turtles Back"